Francis Duggan Poems

A federal Election is looming the politicians on the campaign trail
They turn to personal attacks on their opponents if fear mongering for them does fail
We deserve the people who represent us in life what is our due we receive
To lie to them does come so easy and the voters are not that hard to deceive,
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For murder in death by guillotine she had to pay
The legendary woman Charlotte Corday
With a knife she stabbed to death Jean Paul Marat
Whilst he was relaxing alone in his bath,
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Since I was twenty more than three decades in time
I have done my share of scribbling penned a heap of doggerel rhyme
With me it is an addiction I just scribble on and on
Though old age on me is looming and my better years long gone
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To those who do not have compassion for all living things as well as for human kind
For them I can only feel pity though their type are not hard to find
For if you lack in the gift of compassion and with others you cannot empathize
Then you must have a cruel streak in you and that's factual as opposed to lies
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I'm not one of busy man made places I love where the World is quiet
A wood where the songbirds are singing in the evening in the warm sunlight
A cool place by a creek or a river when the warm sun burns in the sky
Lying in the shade watching the dark swallows as above the landscape they fly,
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Mr B is quite a good poet as a wordsmith with his words he impress
But in his poem 'The Damned' which he recently had published the judgemental line he transgressed
He did seem a bit rough on missionaries though these people try to save souls for their god
But these people back their words with their actions by helping the poor and downtrod.
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Politicians just before an Election are friendly as friendly can be
They say to you life for you will be better if you vote for my Party and me
But when elected and given a mandate more likely than not you they will ignore
Power can go to the head rather quickly one might say we've heard that before
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The robin he sang on the bushy hedgerow
In old Annagloor where the Cails waters flow
Through old fields that were old in Goddess Anu's time
That have inspired writers to story, song and rhyme,
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Try to enjoy life it is not a long span
The woman on average by a few years outlives the man
And the average human life is three score and ten
The young quickly age to old women and men
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I know how it feels yes I do know when you talk of your lack of success
When you tell me of your sad existence and your constant battle with stress
For many the journey through life's a hard journey and they must struggle on to the end
And on that long and tiring journey not everyone you meet a friend
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